You miss the point. What I am trying to get at is to stop people risking their lives. People go off the marked areas all the time, many of them without any idea what they are doing. This post is to raise awareness of that and encourage people to get the necessary training before doing it.

I am not going to get into my reasons for going off piste, that is my business and I am not going to be the one to encourage anyone to do so unless it is something they choose they want to do. It is for similar reasons that you will never see me post a powder day on any forum. If you go off piste you accept and minimise the risk to a level you are happy to live with.

Rest assured, for me I do not like to accept a lot of risk, I am not an expert or "daredevil" as you like to imply. My main concerns when planning a route is to not get myself into situations that I do not have the technical skills to deal with and to avoid the possibility of encountering avalanches as much as possible. Anyone who goes with me must look at the route and choose for themselves if they believe the route is safe. Everyone has to have the responsibility for their own safety.